Researchers show that menopause does not always impact mental health
A new review paper from authors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and collaborators concludes that menopause does not uniformly elevate...
Painting a molecular portrait of the brain with mass spectrometry and deep learning
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology researchers Jonathan Sweedler, a professor of chemistry, and Fan Lam, a professor of bioengineering, outlined...
Semaglutide reduces severity of common liver disease in people with HIV
WHAT: A weekly injection of semaglutide was safe and reduced the amount of fat in the liver by 31% in...
Prestigious 2024 Brain Prize awarded to Hebrew University’s Prof. Haim Sompolinsky by Lundbeck Foundation
Prof. Haim Sompolinsky of the Hebrew University and Harvard University has been awarded the Brain Prize for 2024, the largest...
Research suggests new tool-making timeline for East Asian hominins
A new study from the Nihewan basin of China has revealed that hominins who possessed advanced knapping abilities equivalent to...
Scientists train a bank of AI models to identify patterns of brain activity that signal memory formation
The study of brain oscillations has advanced our understanding of brain function. Ripples are a type of fast oscillations underlying...
Conservation actions for SA’s declining white shark population now a matter of urgency
A group of marine biologists specialising in shark ecology, genetics and fisheries have challenged the findings from a recent study...
Toward understanding sperm quality
A novel screening system developed at Kyoto University enables researchers to investigate sperm cell development and health at the molecular...
The many faces of a zinc anode: Configurations can make a difference in performance
Sometimes the solution to a problem can be as simple as changing the way the components are structuredCredit: Guozhao Fang,...
Team successfully synthesizes atomically precise metal nanoclusters
A research team has successfully synthesized a metal nanocluster and determined its crystal structure. Their study provides experimental evidence for...
Harvard neuroscientist Haim Sompolinsky awarded Brain Prize
Haim Sompolinsky, Professor in Residence in Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Department of Physics, has received the Brain...
Audit of food donations prompts call for new nutrition and safety standards
New Curtin University research that analysed a whopping 85,000 kilograms of food donated to Foodbank WA over five days has...
World Innovation Summit for Health announces 2024 Global Healthcare Innovation Competition at Web Summit
5 March 2024. Doha, Qatar: Web Summit Qatar 2024 provided the stage for the announcement of the World Innovation Summit...
Juno spacecraft measures oxygen production on Jupiter’s moon, Europa
SAN ANTONIO — March 5, 2024—NASA’s Juno spacecraft has directly measured charged oxygen and hydrogen molecules from the atmosphere of...
ECNU Review of Education: Exploring the landscape of shadow education
The diverse forms of private tutoring range from one-to-one sessions to large lecture halls with video screens. In countries where...
Wild bees develop tolerance to veterinary drugs
Stingless bees in the Colombian Andes are adapting to a derivative of the ubiquitous insecticide ivermectin, which the bees ingest...
Major neurotech hub in Milan announced
The IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University announced the launch of a long-term partnership with the...
Proposals for cell donation procedures to create brain organoids
With advances in neuroscience and the development of new technologies, new ethical considerations have emerged. This is particularly true for...
Turning skin cells into limb cells sets the stage for regenerative therapy
Fukuoka, Japan – In a collaborative study, researchers from Kyushu University and Harvard Medical School have identified proteins that can...
Protecting joints from bacteria with mussels
Degenerative arthritis is no longer exclusive to the elderly population. According to the National Health Insurance Service report covering the...